Cambridge UAV Academy (CUAVA) is a UAV ground school and flight school that helps UAV operators achieve the qualifications they need to operate professionally. CUAVA was set up by established drone operators, Cambridge UAV, to meet the rapidly growing demand for well-trained, legally compliant commercial pilots.

CUAVA is a full National Qualified Entity (NQE). The CAA requires anyone wishing to operate a UAV for commercial gain to hold the CAP-C certificate or its equivalent before applying for Permission for Commercial Operations (PFCO).

We provide intensive two-day UAV ground school courses, as well as in-house training and distance learning courses, delivering the training and assessment required to achieve the CAP-C certificate. We'll train you for the exam and will review and approve your operations manual post-course. Once this is complete, we'll then assess your practical flying skills through a test at our private airfield at a later date.

CUAVA is part of Cambridge UAV and all of our course instructors are also seasoned professional pilots, with a wealth of commercial experience - both on the ground and in the air - to pass on to our students.